Invite help!!!

[Tacori E-ring]

First off thank you all for all your support and help. Many of you know that I have little support in all these decisions so I need you guys! Okay, I am trying to finish off our invites. Our reception and ceremony are at the same location so do I need to include directions? If so from where? I have the formal invite, hotel info, rsvp page, and local attractions. Thanks as always.

 

[JulieN]

Is the site well known?

Waterfront Hilton Hotel
Huntington Beach

 

[Tacori E-ring]

ummm...no, probably not. It is at a local country club. I just figure people will google it before hand....maybe not. I also could put directions in the OOT bags...If you were to do directions, where would the starting point be?

 

[selflove]

Do directions like this:

From the NORTH:
XXXXXXXXXXX

From the SOUTH:
XXXXXXXXXX

From the EAST:
XXXXXXXXXXXX

From the WEST:
XXXXXXXXXX

Or whatever. Ours was on the coast so obviously we didnt have ones from the WEST and the directions from the Norht and South were essentially coming from the same major freeway. Just use the major freeways as starting points.

For the OOT guests, you could put directions directly from their hotel to the wedding site. And include a road map in the gift bags too, if possible. People who are visual-oriented will appreciate maps.

 

[Odilia]

It might be a good idea, especially if you have people that don't use computers much. (there were lots at my wedding) You could do generic directions, like: "from the south" "from the north" especially if there's a major highway near you. Or from major areas, like, "from Raleigh" etc. I think I did ours that way, assuming that they'd know where I-95 was.

ETA: oops! cross-posted w/ selflove.

 

[ocbride2007]

I''ve seen a lot of invites where they just print a map of the major streets around it on that sheer paper - can''t remember what it''s called. Anyway, I would include directions from the closest major freeways, if you expect your guests to come from those.

 

[sydneycasandra]

The location where our reception was located was so rural it was not even google-able! Plus, many ppl there (esp older folks) wouldn''t have a clue how to mapquest it anyway. We posted signs from both major highways in the directions ppl would''ve been coming (only 2 thankfully) and then when ppl RSVP''d we gave them directions how to get from the highway to the first sign (easy stuff, like TURN LEFT off the exit and drive 4 miles until you see the signs then follow them!). We also gave them the phone number of the house so taht if anyone got lost they could call and someone would help them. Might be a good idea to give the club # in case of emergency.

 

[jcrow]

here''s what we did.

most of our guests (all except 5 guests, FI & i and one bridesmaid) are from out of town. i did a booklet style invite with one page for a map. on the map i only listed relevant roads and i noted which way was north. i also showed where the church, the reception and the reserved hotel were. then under the map i typed a little paragraph. this had directions from the church to the reception.

do you have a bunch of OOT guests? maybe start the directions from the reserved hotel? is the venue in town? if not, you could say "from such and such town" and list the directions?